‘‘ Gracias A La Vida’’

Thanks to life, which has given me so much, it gave me two eyes, that when I open them I can perfectly distinguish black from white, and in the high sky its starry background, and in the crowds the man I love. Thanks to life, which has given me so much, it has given me the ear that in all its breadth records night and day crickets and canaries, hammers, turbines, barking, showers and the tender voice of my beloved. Thanks to life, which has given me so much, it has given me sound and the alphabet, with it words that I think and declare, mother, friend, brother and light illuminating the path of the soul of the one I am loving. Thanks to life, which has given me so much, it has given me the path of my tired feet, with them I walked cities and puddles, beaches and deserts, mountains and plains, and your house, your street and your patio. Thanks to life, which has given me so much, it gave me the heart that shakes its frame when I look at the fruit of the human brain, when I look at the good so far from the bad, when I look at the depths of your clear eyes. Thanks to life, which has given me so much, it has given me laughter and it has given me tears, so I distinguish happiness from sorrow, the two materials that form my song and the song of all that is my own song. Thanks to life, to life, thanks to life.

Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto,
me dio dos luceros, que cuando los abro
perfecto distingo lo negro del blanco,
y en el alto cielo su fondo estrellado,
y en las multitudes el hombre que yo amo.
Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto,
me ha dado el oído que en todo su ancho
graba noche y día grillos y canarios,
martillos turbinas, ladridos, chubascos
y la voz tan tierna de mi bien amado.
Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto,
me ha dado el sonido y el abecedario,
con él palabras que pienso y declaro,
madre, amigo, hermano y luz alumbrando
la ruta del alma del que estoy amando.
Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto,
me ha dado la marcha de mis pies cansados,
con ellos anduve ciudades y charcos,
playas y desiertos montañas y llanos,
y la casa tuya, tu calle y tu patio.
Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto,
me dio el corazón que agita su marco
cuando miro el fruto del cerebro humano,
cuando miro el bueno tan lejos del malo,
cuando el miro el fondo de tus ojos claros.
Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto,
me ha dado una risa y me ha dado el llanto,
así yo distingo dicha de quebranto,
los dos materiales que forman mi canto
y el canto de todos que es mi propio canto.
Gracias a la vida, a la vida, gracias a la vida.